Salsa Night ?!?!

Aloha everyone. This week has been pretty good. We've been teaching this family named the Kamaka's. Super nice local family that have been taught for a few months now. The missionaries in the past have just stopped by and shared a message with them and that's was it. So we've been over there and shared a lesson with them and it went really well. We weren't sure if they have read the Book of Mormon so we decided to read 3 Nephi 11 with them and they loved it. We're hoping they are going to continue reading on there own.

Friday we our Ward put on a big event called Hot Havana night. Our Ward missionaries that were putting on this event were hoping it was going to be massive. Everyone was handing out flyers to everyone, we decided that everyone should donate canned food so we were able to get the Salvation Army involved plus our ward mission leader knew someone who works at one of the radio stations they had the radio announcing it all week. The plan was about 300-500 people. The turn out was probably about 100 the most with majority being members. Hey it was still really good, we met a lot of non-member people and got some lessons planned. One of big things about Havana night was there was a salsa teacher teaching people to do salsa, you know we were shredding the dance floor. Hahaha not really we spent most of the night talking with people. That's been it for this week. I hope everyone has a great week. Aloha.

Elder Peterson 

LuAloha everyone! It's been quite the week. Round up last week since I forgot. We had Elder Whiting of the Seventy came for Stake Conference. Saturday he gave an awesome talk on the Character of Christ. For everyone that's been the MTC it's very similar to the one video of Elder Bednar. It's about how Christ never looked inward and wasn't ever selfish but he always looked outward. We helped our Ward mission leader leader clean up tons of mango tree branches, I didn't realize how much salt is your swet until it it was dripping in my eyes.

Those were the big highlights of last week. This week was a little sad, almost all our lessons we planned fell through. Its all good we're still pushing through. We had a lesson with a family named the Kamaka's. We've gone over there and shared little scriptures with them but for whatever reason we finally were able to have a good lesson with them, It's was great to hear from our ward mission leader (that was in the lesson) told us that they are ready for the gospel.

Saturday we had a big luau. It was for a kids first birthday. Almost all Polynesian cultures the first birthday is huge. Most babies wouldn't survive to the first birthday so when they did they would have a huge party. For a 1 year old babies birthday there probably was 300 people. I was told most of the party that Luau's usually get bigger. It's was super cool because most of the people we were teaching were invited and got to know the people better. 

Hope everyone had a great week, I love and miss you all. Aloha. 

1.Left is Elder Richards, Pratt, Pratter, me, Tunnicliffe.

2.sunset

6 Months!!! (Tomorrow)

Aloha everyone! It's weird to think that tomorrow is the day I left my family to go to the MTC. In this whole journey the most important lesson I've learned is to be patient and everything will happen in the lords time.

Not too much happened this week. Wednesday we had an exchange With our District leader. I stayed in Holualoa with Elder Dixon (our DL). We were walking around trying to find someone previously taught when we stumbled upon a less active house we tried visiting in the past with no luck. We walked by and a kid jumps out and says hi to us. We asked if his parents were home he ran inside and out came the parents. We talked with them for a bit asked if we could come back and have a lesson with them. They told us they were doing FHE with a ward missionary and invited us over. I was pretty surprised usually they tell us about.

We had a great family home evening with the family. It wasn't until before we left they told us they weren't going to go to our ward missionaries house until we stopped by, they realized it's best if they go they messaged right after we left saying they were coming over.

It's been it this week. Love and miss you all. Aloha. 

Elder Peterson

New Transfer!

Aloha everyone. This Tuesday was transfer day. Transfer wasn't too crazy for us. My companion Elder Baird finished his mission I said my final goodbye to him he went back home to Bellingham Washington. It's was a little sad saying goodbye to him but deep down I know I'll see him again.

My new companion is Elder Tunnicliffe! He's from York, England! He's the first missionary I've heard of serving here from England. He's a really nice guy we get along great.

This week has been getting the members here in the Holualoa ward to know Elder Tunnicliffe. We did a lot of service this week. We helped a member get Lychee from her tree. Those that don't know, Lychee is one of my new favorite fruits since I started here in Hawaii. Saturday we helped the Salvation Army move to another location.

Thats been It for this week. I encourage everyone to find opportunities to do service around you, it doesn't need to be big just something simple as helping a neighbor with their yard. Hope you all have a great week. Aloha

1. It was taken early in the morning but me and Elder Baird for our last picture

2. Left is Tunnicliffe, me, Elder Hekau, and far right is Elder Dixon